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To express affection toward anther person is a part of free speech. Kissing ones boyfriend or girlfriend (so long as they are OK about being kissed) is not infringing on the rights or well-being of another person. Therefore, I would contend that boys and girls should be free to kiss in school. That said, I also believe that kids should be motivated to focus on learning and not playing around in school. But that belief still does not entitle me to go throwing a bucket of cold water over a canoodling couple.
I don't think that students should be provided so much freedom that they cross their limits. Teenage is the age of fantasies, and of course we should be careful for it. And it is not the right age for building any relationship.
Yeah. Just because ya'll dont get any doesnt mean you have to restrict us! I mack on bitches er'y day. I made out with like a thousand girls, made out with every girl in the world. Krispy Kreame 2012
Too fast for ya eh? . (also i notice your long stream of dots to beat the 50 character rule. I had the same problem when i started. After a word make a ton of spaces then a period. When you enter it the period will shoot back to only one space away from the word but all the spaces will still count as characters. Also to bold other peoples arguments, highlight the piece of their argument and copy it into your argument then put 2 *s in front and in back of it. And 1 if you want itallacs).
not at all.........i swear yall people are so nice and helpful. here i am thinking that all yall do is sit at home and think of some type of evil plan to convince other people to be atheist. lol jk
How old were you when they ripped away your sense of humor and used it to adorn their garish totems? Do they wear the tattered rags of your self-awareness as hoods and footwrappings on their midnight rangings? They've clearly taken so much from you :(
As long as they are keeping it appropriate, there is no reason why they shouldn't be allowed to. I find it a bit rude that the question says "boys and girls", though. What about the people who are not straight? They shouldn't have different rules. You should be allowed to kiss who you want as long as they're okay with it. Really, kissing doesn't hurt anyone. I understand not allowing it in elementary school, but past that, everyone has seen kissing before, and it's a bit ridiculous to waste time banning it in schools. Would you rather have people going around kissing, or bullying? It doesn't distract from class if someone gives their boyfriend/girlfriend a quick kiss between classes, and they'd likely be doing it anyway outside of school.
Of course they should,they should fuck and make out all they want,just as long as the girl doesnt get pregnant otherwise she would have to get an abortion if she refused I would blow her head off!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't see a problem with kissing in between classes or during lunch. Obviously they shouldn't be kissing during class though. It's a good way to learn that there is a time and place for everything. A little kissing in between classes iS not dangerous.
A little bit would be fine, but you know there would be some clingy couples wanting to "show off" how serious their relationships are in school. It sounds stupid, but their are plenty of students out there (especially freshmen).
I think rules should be put in place just to make the couples have to be discrete.
Boys and girls can kiss in school. Sometimes kissing is not a bad things. We kiss to show our friendliness, kindness and love to our partner and to the public. But people defended it because it's a private activities which should not be doing in public.
We don't necessary to kiss with who we love like boyfriend or girlfriend only. We can kiss to our friends or teacher if you want.
Kissing also a cultural activities. In western culture kissing is normal. We kiss to show our friendliness to public. We didn't think perverted but it a cultural activities we don't need to be shy about it.
In 'murica we believe in life, liberty, and the pursuit happiness. If you take away the ability of the individual to be happy in their own means, you are taking their freedom, rights, and their happiness.
When I was with my ex I wished we could have been together more at school. There were no-intimacy rules and we were in different year groups so we didn't see each other much.
No... try learning something instead and this whole country will be better off... there's plenty of time for 'kissing' on down the road! Trust me... TOO much time!
No they shouldn't they should kiss when out of school or do it when there not in school where people are trying to get a education and my school has a rule that you can't show public displays of affection.
Since school is based simply on obtaining education and you do want kissing in school because it does not contribute. Then socializing, making friends, and any form of sarcasm at all times should be against the rules because of it lacks development of education.
well their allowed to kiss y not its not like u don't do it out of school wat the difference only that its in school u shouldent do it during class of corse
I went to a high school with a very permissive policy about this. Drivers-by would complain about having to see fifteen-year-olds making out on the front lawns. Public schools are institutions of societal improvement: distasteful behavior should be discouraged.
Somebody went through the thread down-voting all of the opposition arguments and up-voting all the affirmatives and fucked up the statistics real bad. I have remedied the problem to the best of my ability. Whoever you are, you're a dumbass.
Normal, minimal displays of affection between peers of a similar age is "distasteful behavior?" I'd understand if they were fucking one another on the front steps, but kissing is a socially acceptable way for people to display their affection for one another in public. I don't think twice if I see a couple kiss one another in the supermarket. I would probably double-take if i saw a girl giving a blowie to her boyfriend in the supermarket; nobody needs to see some random dudes dick right next to a bunch of food they want to buy. If you really have a severe problem with seeing people kiss, don't stare at people kissing; it's not disgusting or revealing or vulgar or obscene, and if you dislike it I can only assume it is for prudish reasons.
I'd understand if they were fucking one another on the front steps
What's the difference? I'm serious. What is the defining feature of public fornication that makes it less permissible than public foreplay besides degree?
kissing is a socially acceptable way for people to display their affection for one another in public.
If that's the case in your community, it shouldn't be. Western society has gotten progressively more accepting of vulgarity ever since a mob of post-modernists decided we were too "repressed." We'll embrace anything if we're told it'll help us shed our Judeo-Christian heritage. American culture has entered its rebellious adolescence.
if you dislike it I can only assume it is for prudish reasons.
This is meaningless. I could just as easily say "If you approve of it, I can only assume it's for promiscuous reasons." What's objectionable about prudishness (especially when compared to the opposite extreme)?
"Western society has gotten progressively more accepting of vulgarity ever since a mob of post-modernists decided we were too "repressed." We'll embrace anything if we're told it'll help us shed our Jude-Christian heritage."
Every age beleives the one that came before was backward and repressed, there are historical analogues dating all the way back to when history started to be recorded. All of those who uttered: "ours is the golden age" down through the centuries, have been proven wrong, and I know even those who think we (as a species) are constantly improving will be proven wrong. It isn't about progress, it's about change.
The America of God, country, family and warm apple pie cooling on moms window sill is gone, and it ain;t coming back any time soon. But then again neither is slavery, or overt racial and sexual discrimination.
"American culture has entered its rebellious adolescence."
If you say so.
"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between."
Do you become sexually aroused every time someone kisses you?
Are you against holding hands, giving hugs, pats on the back, etc? After all, those are just displays of affection a few steps below having sex, according to you.
If that's the case in your community, it shouldn't be.
Why? What objective reason is there that people who want to kiss one another shouldn't?
Western society has gotten progressively more accepting of vulgarity ever since a mob of post-modernists decided we were too "repressed."
Speculation, but perhaps. Either way, kissing in public isn't vulgar, so I don't see why you brought this up.
We'll embrace anything if we're told it'll help us shed our Judeo-Christian heritage. American culture has entered its rebellious adolescence.
Again a bunch of baseless speculation, but this time I know you're wrong. My parents are both Bible believing Christians. They also have no problem kissing one another about the face or mouth in a public setting. Therefore people kissing in public is not necessarily an adolescent attempt to shake religious heritage.
On a personal note, I'mfine with shaking our religious heritage; the settlers of this country were so uptight and prude the British kicked them out. If you're too stuck-up and anal for the British, you need to mellow out a bit.
This is meaningless. I could just as easily say "If you approve of it, I can only assume it's for promiscuous reasons."
Less meaningless than you might think, and less easy to turn around on me than you might think, too. I'm advocating choice. You're advocating that everyone not offend your prudish nature. I'm not urging teens to kiss one another because I am personally a sexually promiscuous person (though I am), I'm saying they should have the ability to choose. You're saying nobody should be allowed to kiss essentially because you don't want to see it, and if you don't want to see it I assume you have a problem with it, and if you have a problem with slight and minor displays of affection you could easily choose to ignore I assume you're a prude.
What's objectionable about prudishness (especially when compared to the opposite extreme)?
Personally? I was once I prude and I disliked getting in a huffy about minor public displays of affection because I resented the activity because I wasn't getting laid and all the promiscuous people were.
Objectively? Nothing, I suppose, as long as you keep it to yourself. You can choose not to make out with all the people in the hall you want; you're not allowed to make that choice for others, especially not on the basis of your prudishness.
Most of the definitions of prude came up with things like "easily shocked," "overly concerned with appearance," and "excessively proper," compared to promiscuity, which is just "has a lot of partners." "Promiscuity" says something about my sex life and nothing about my personality, and "prude" tells a sad, sad story about both your personality and your sex life. So "especially when compared to the opposite extreme," I would much rather be promiscuous, and not have a stick the size of a telephone pole jammed up my ass all the time.
The hell no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You should pity those kids who don't feel comfortable with all that PDA in school. Poor teachers too. It's not like Harry Potter where the teacher can separate them with a flick of their wands.
Uh, I think not. We were raised in our school not to be allowed to do that. We got used to it. Besides, it is not bad to do that.. but then, you also have to think if you are trying to respect yourself by doing it in front of other people. It's up to the people if they'd do it.. Because I think, no one can stop them anyway
1) I hate seeing people kiss in public. Brief pecks don't bother me usually (although it did in schol), but making out does. I know I'm not alone.
2) It is not conducive to learning. School's must maintain and educational environment and kissing and other signs of affection work against this. I'm not saying kids should have no freedom, but there is obviously a limit.
3) It gives teachers too much personal information about their students and they will involuntarily have to witness their students' promiscuity.
4) Students who do not do skanky things will be either pressured into conforming to this bad behavior or they will feel insecure.
no i dont think so that girls and boys must allowed to or able to kiss in school as we come school to study and get ourselves educated not for indulging ourselves in such activities
"Mono can be spread through contact with saliva, mucus from the nose and throat, and sometimes tears. Because the virus can be spread through kissing, it has earned the nickname the "kissing disease." If you have mono, you can avoid passing the virus to others by not kissing anyone and by not sharing things like drinking glasses, eating utensils, or toothbrushes." Web MD
oh! i didn't know you were the internetpolice excuse me!!! i do what i want and i said no! its stupid! kissing today and sex tommorow! give me a break!
i left my argument you dont like it i dont care. give an inch and a mile will be taken next! sex in the hallways? is that what you want? school isnt about sex or making out its about learning masterbate! get it?
Kids who are kissing in school are learning... they're learning both kissing and how to interact with the opposite sex... arguably they are learning much more important life lessons than those they learn in class, which is mainly how to jump through hoops and how to brown-nose your superiors.
And there are already far too many restrictions on distracting things. School is nothing like the real world. School is supposed to prepare you for the real world. The real world is full of distractions. Therefore part of the thing school has to prepare you for is being able to deal with an abundance of distractions while still getting your shit done. This cannot be accomplished by putting blanket ban on anything that might distract a student in school. Quite the opposite; banning distractions would be quite harmful to the students because then when they end up in the real world with distractions left, right, and center, they won't know how the fuck to conduct themselves and get distracted and side tracked at every turn.
School is for learning and for teaching so i don't think so if for instance you want to have a relationship with someone there are other places to meet why just school?
